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A jury returned a guilty verdict early Wednesday afternoon in a horrific child molestation case in Charlotte County.

Melissa Bailey was convicted of all six charges against her for sexually abusing her then-18 month old daughter.

It took the jury less than two hours to come to a unanimous decision.

Bailey, along with her boyfriend, was arrested in 2009. The boyfriend, Glenn Nelson, took a plea deal and is serving time in state prison.

The jury didn't buy the defense claim that Bailey was insane and had no control over her actions.

"I don't think it has quite sunk in yet, but she understands the verdict," her attorney Joe Lombardo said. "She understands what happened today and even asked me when we were going to file the appeal."

The appeal will have to wait until after Bailey is sentenced in October.

"Generally speaking it's a mandatory life sentence on the sexual battery counts," said Tracy Detzel of the State Attorney's Office.

The state is happy with the verdict.

"There was a lot of testimony and a lot of evidence over the past several days, again we're happy with the result," said Detzel.

Bailey was convicted of two counts of sexual battery on a person under the age of twelve, lewd and lascivious molestation, lewd and lascivious exhibition, possession of child pornography and use of child in sexual performance.

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